There should be a way of easily installing SAMBA from gnome-file-share-properties

[Adam Westerman]

If you open the gnome-file-share-properties window (System - Settings), and you don't have the appropriate package installed, the text "This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system", without any directions on how to install these, or even what packages are needed. This should be fixed, either by listing the required packages, or even better, add a button or such to install the missing packages.

I'm attaching a screenshot showing what the dialog looks like now.

[James P. Carter (jpcarter)]

I have changed the package selection to system-config-samba.

[Adam Westerman (hackedbyusb)]

Thx, wasn't completely sure what package was involved

[gsmx (gsmx)]

This is very user unfriendly and also very easy to fix, with just one button that says 'install required packages'.

I think it is important enough to be added before the lucid release.

[Dick Thomas (xpd259-deactivatedaccount)]

I have this problem also but I have samba installed so i would expect it to be selectable
i'm running ubuntu 10.4 beta

[Alistair McMillan (alistairmcmillan75)]

It would also help if the Help documentation explained which packages were missing.

[Alistair McMillan (alistairmcmillan75)]

Installed Samba. Still getting the "This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system" message.

Installed system-config-samba. Still getting the same message.

Rebooted. Still getting the same message.

[Alistair McMillan (alistairmcmillan75)]

Based on the linked bug, the missing package isn't Samba. It is Apache.